Made on Earth
Tim Kaiser makes new and original musical instruments from scrap parts and a high school electronics class.
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» Sustainable Junkyard Wars
by Dave Ng
Students try to help build a more sustainable world.
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Manuel de Arriba Ares has created an elaborate and unique gym out of salvaged parts.
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Baron Margo makes his own rocket-inspired concept cars.
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Carl Rankin makes model planes out of common household objects.
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Lee Stoetzel recreates iconic products like Harley-Davidsons, Macs, and Big Macs entirely out of wood.
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Claude Zervas's microcontroller art replicates the Northwest's landscapes.
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1+2+3
Make a real boomerang out of cardboard and foam rubber.
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Build a fun, one-stringed instrument that packs a mighty twang.
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Maker
At 92, philosopher Martin Gardner is still exploring the perplexities of math, science, mystery, and magic.
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Welcome
Spare parts are essential.
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Make Free
The great, perverse joy of steampunk.
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Proto
Philip Ross' art crosses the boundaries of technology and biology.
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Hands On
Belgrade's Gypsy houseboats are the dwellings of the future.
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The first in a three-part series about building a workshop from the ground up.
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How we built a 3D freeform sugar printer in our kitchen.
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David Gurman's installation rings bells to make people aware of ongoing military tests hundreds of miles away.
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Jed Berk's autonomous blimps are on the move.
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Rules to make by.
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Maker's Corner
Tips and news for MAKE readers.
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Art Work
How low can you go?
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Personal Fab
The itch to etch.
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Infrared photography reveals a world invisible to the naked eye.
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Innovative options enable you to publish your own text and pictures.
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Shifting the spectrum can transform a landscape and create dramatic artistic effects.
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Special video effects are available to anyone with a cheap camcorder and $25 of software. Greenscreen is the most powerful of these.
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Tips and tools for digital diversions.
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» The Family Photo Archive
by Brian O'Heir
Use simple, powerful tools to rescue your photos from stored obscurity and turn them into a DVD slideshow.
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Autonomous software bots can create complex, colorful digital patterns. You just have to tell them what to do.
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Dissatisfied with the director's cut? Direct it yourself!
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Making Trouble
» Intern, Get Me a Campari!
by Saul Griffith
Why summer internships are more important than ever before.
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This jazzy, compressed-air-powered whistle sounds a mighty blast.
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Solarengine circuits trigger hammers to strike pentatonic chimes.
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Shake batteries out of the picture with this muscle-powered remote.
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DIY: Outdoors
Make the ancient tool that hurls 6-foot spears at up to 100mph.
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Astrophotography with your digital SLR camera.
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How to fix a castoff bike and give it away.
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DIY: Coffee
Pack the perfect grounds every time with this hydraulic espresso tamper.
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DIY: Music
This cheap garage-sale stalwart is really an electronics lan in a box.
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Get surprisingly good sound from disposable picnicware.
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DIY: Home
» $1,000 Wind Chimes
by Thomas Arey
Finding the softer side of hard drive platters.
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It's a snap to keep your gadgets juiced and your keys from getting lost.
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DIY: Science
Ultra-simple bugbot navigates obstacles with feelers and switches.
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Aviation trainer uses water to represent energy.
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DIY: Footware
Make Cinderella jealous.
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Heirloom Technology
The widowmaker: cutting down a tree.
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Howtoons
How to make a trash bag trenchcoat.
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MakeShift
Decided to save some money on an tree guy and go DIY with it, did you? Impaled on a branch, with limited resources ... what now?
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Skill Builder
With a few solar-cells and a plastic case, you can utilize the sun's energy to power anything from a light bulb to your entire house.
Part 2 of this article will appear in MAKE, Volume 14.
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Toolbox
From fuzzy sensors to underwater ROVs to your very own eco-friendly surfboard.
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Blast from the Past
» Professional Locksmithing and Keying
by Mister Jalopy
Professional locksmithing and keying by mail in 1971, from the Locksmithing Institute.
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Retrospect
Nuclear explosion-powered rocketry.
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Tales from the Web
Ich bin ein Hacker: MAKE's Weekend Projects producer extraordinare, Bre Pettis, visits Euro hacker spaces.
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Aha!
Poisoned wine and the three wise sages.
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Maker's Calendar
Our favorite events from around the world.
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Reader Input
» Reader Input
Where makers tell their tales and offer praise, brickbats, and swell ideas.
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Toys, Tricks, and Teasers
Putting a spin on a puzzle.
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Make Money
» Dollar Bill Greetings
by Tom Parker
A card and envelope that costs less (and is worth more) than a store-bought card.
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Homebrew
My Lego UAV.
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